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    Roy Joseph Turner (November 6, 1894 – June 11, 1973) was an American businessman and Governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Born in 1894, in Oklahoma...
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    constructed prior to its designation as such. The Turner Turnpike was named after Governor Roy J. Turner, who pushed for efforts to build this toll road...
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  • Roy Turner may refer to: Roy J. Turner (1894–1973), Governor of Oklahoma Roy Turner (Australian politician) (1922–2004), Labor member of the New South...
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    Chris Turner Cole Turner Dan Turner Daniel Turner David Turner D. J. Turner Edward Turner Fred Turner George Turner Henry Turner Hugh Turner Jack Turner James...
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    Day (26 May); a delegation of nearly 500 Oklahomans led by Governor Roy J. Turner planned to visit and pay final respects to the ship. Disaster struck...
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    former Governor Roy J. Turner, and though he won a sizable victory over Turner in the primary, he fell shy of an outright majority. Turner, however, withdrew...
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    History, Sixth ed. Harlow Publishing Company. OCLC 495907380 Catledge, Turner (1944-07-22). "Truman Nominated for Vice Presidency". The New York Times...
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    schools to improve education (begun under his predecessor, Governor Roy J. Turner), changing the ad valorem tax to return more of the property taxes to...
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  • merged, which were named after J. A. Turner, the first director of the Peel board, and W. J. Fenton, a pioneer educator. Turner Fenton offers the International...
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    Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023. "Roy Turner Resigns As Treasurer Of Democratic Party". The Palladium-Item. Vol. 122...
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    Sobel 1978, p. 1251. "Roy Joseph Turner". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 5, 2023. "Tax Reductions Pledged by Turner; Increased Pensions...
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    those of Oklahoma Gov. Roy J. Turner. On New Year's Eve, 1947, the Flying L Ranch near Davis was the site for the marriage of Roy Rogers, "King of the Cowboys...
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  • Rangers appeared in November 1948. In July 1949, Oklahoma governor Roy J. Turner appeared, singing his single, "My Memory Trail". The show also featured...
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    November 5, 1946, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Roy J. Turner defeated Republican Olney F. Flynn and three Independents, Mickey Harrell...
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  • W. Turner (1877–1969), 25th Governor of Iowa James Turner (North Carolina politician) (1766–1824), 12th Governor of North Carolina Roy J. Turner (1894–1973)...
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    American athlete, attended Sac and Fox agency school in Lincoln County. Roy J. Turner (1894 - 1973), Oklahoma governor 1947–1953, born in Kendrick. The following...
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    successfully ousting representative and chair of the House Rules Committee John J. O'Connor of New York. In the 1930s, black voters outside the South largely...
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    the respective 25% interests in KWTV held by former Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner and Luther Dulaney—which had expanded their interest in the Oklahoma...
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    partner Joyce LeRoy, whom Turner said she accepted "as a second daughter", inherited some of Turner's personal effects and $50,000 in Turner's will. Her estate...
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    Dedication Program" that featured guests such as Oklahoma governor Roy J. Turner; Tulsa mayor Roy Lundy; singer Patti Page; Leon McAuliffe and his western swing...
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    Tim Matheson, American actor, film director and producer John Christopher Turner, American active in Afghanistan January 3 – Gus Wickie, singer and voice...
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    The same day, Truman watched a parade in his presidential car with Roy J. Turner, the governor of Oklahoma. When Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery...
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  • left the Army as a second lieutenant. He was appointed by Governor Roy J. Turner as Tulsa County's first juvenile judge in 1949 and resigned in 1954...
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    controlling interest) and investors that included former Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner, company executive vice president Edgar T. Bell (who would later serve...
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  • Ulysses S. Stone, US Representative Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, historian Roy J. Turner, governor Lawrence Walsh, lawyer, judge, and US Deputy Attorney General...
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    played a diverse range of music such as Roy Milton and Louis Jordan alongside early rockabilly records. Turner was inspired to learn the piano after he...
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    Republican House members. In the 2020 Oklahoma elections, Democrat Mauree Turner became the first Muslim Oklahoma state legislator and the first publicly...
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    construction. Carrie Nation, William Howard Taft, William H. Murray, Roy J. Turner and John Wayne all stayed at the hotel. It served as a summer residence...
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  • controlling interest) and investors that included former Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner, company executive vice president Edgar T. Bell (who would later serve...
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  • Garden. March 3 or 5 – Jackie Brenston "and His Delta Cats" (actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm) record "Rocket 88" at Sam Phillips' Sun Studio in Memphis...
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